Chapter 24: The Murderer
After listening to this story, Wang Xu only asked, "What about later?" ”
"Later, Lucy died, and she finally died of depression a month after her marriage, and he did not show any sadness, because he married this woman only to get Ferrell's family inheritance, but his group of wives and concubines were very sad about the death of this girl, and kept a watchful eye for her according to the teachings.
The next thing was dramatic, when Hou Bo appeared at the funeral hall one night after Lucy's death, took off the wedding ring from Lucy's hand, said, 'She must not wear this to be buried,' and disappeared again.
For decades after that, Hou Bo had only one goal in his life, and that was revenge! ”
Wang Xu said: "Oh, this way, I have the impression of the later story, twenty years later, Hou Bo chased countless countries on two continents, and finally pretended to be a coachman in London to kill Cone Bo, and after the killing, he also left the word RACHE on the wall in German, which means revenge. Then came the Sherlock Holmes detective. But what do you say so much to do with the case of Jack the Ripper? ”
The cat said: "What if I tell you that part of this novel is true? ”
"What?" Wang Xu was shocked: "You said that Sherlock Holmes is true?!" ”
The cat master raised his eyes: "Hey...... I overestimate you......"
"Phew! If there's a fart, let it go! ”
Mao Ye said: "You pay attention, Hou Bo's killing method in "The Study of Blood Words", he took the drunk Cone to an empty house where no one was there, and it was not until he entered the room that Cone Bo recognized him. Then Hou Bo took out two identical pills, one highly poisonous and one similar to a vitamin, and he asked Cone Bo to pick one first, and then take the other one himself.
Because Hou Bo believed that the sky had eyes, and a villain like Cone Bo would definitely pick on something poisonous, and it was true that before Cone Bo died, he encountered the greatest fear, and his soul was undoubtedly full of resentment......
Wang Xu interrupted: "So Cone Bo has become a wronged soul? ”
Mao Ye said: "Don't interrupt, listen to me, you should pay attention to the fact that this murder method is actually a bit too idealistic, and there are many uncontrollable factors in it, so this paragraph is undoubtedly just a novel, and I think at least seventy percent of it may be fiction." Because the author wants to make Cone Bo's death more tragic, so that he can get the retribution he deserves.
Including in the later novel, it is mentioned that Hou Bo said, 'On my way to kill, I saw the father and daughter walking in front of me, and they were on both sides of the horse, always leading me in front'. This kind of remarks, which is quite mentally disturbed, and the fact that Hou Bo was not tried by the law in the end, but died in the detention center because of a ruptured heart aneurysm, are very idealistic.
But there's something in this novel that doesn't sound fake, and that's the story I told you earlier. This story that happened in Utah, at least ninety percent of the time is true, I used to wonder when I read it, why Mr. Conan Doyle would spend so much time depicting such a uncomfortable history, although there are many literary adaptations in this story, such as numbers written on the wall, or too mythical The ability of the Avenger Revenge Organization to be overly mythologized, but overall, the main plot should be like that, it really happened! ”
Wang Xu asked, "That's just your personal opinion......
The cat master raised the corners of his mouth and smiled: "So I went to Mr. Conan Doyle today to confirm and verify my judgment." ”
"What?"
"Don't be surprised, he's not a celebrity now, just an ordinary writer, in fact, he's still struggling between being talented and becoming popular."
The corners of Wang Xu's mouth twitched twice: "So, he told you that this thing is true?" ”
The cat said: "Do you remember that in "The Study of Scarlet Letters", Sherlock Holmes failed once, allowing a guy who pretended to be an old man to cheat a piece of evidence from his hands, and that person never appeared again in any of Conan Doyle's novels.
The prototype of this man, who actually knew Conan Doyle in real life, was also a friend of Jefferson Houbo, and it was he who told Mr. Conan Doyle this story. ”
Wang Xu said: "You really know how clear ......"
The cat master smiled confidently: "Of course, let's talk about Conan Doyle, although many critics in the world scoff at the literary status of detective novels, they also have to admit that there are still some profound meanings in many of Mr. Conan Doyle's works."
The cases he wrote involved various social realities in Britain today, such as "Four Signatures", which objectively reflected the colonial plundering of India, and "The Red Hair" satirized the current unemployment rate in Britain, etc., these novels have moral issues and criminal issues, but in the end, they are all preaching the spirit of humanitarianism and retribution for good and evil.
In this "Study of Blood Letters", Lucy's story is undoubtedly to criticize polygamy and the practice of **** through religion. But there is a terrible fact behind it, that is, the two most critical characters exist in reality, one is Jefferson Houbo, and the other is Cone. ”
Wang Xu crossed Erlang's legs: "Ah...... I think about it, what do we have at hand now, a big revenge is avenged, and Hou Bo, who had a heart attack in the end, should have soared, so in the end, we still went around and went back, continuing the question I just asked, Cone Bo has become a wronged soul? ”
Master Mao said: "Yes, a wronged soul." ”
Wang Xu said: "Does this have anything to do with the case of the ripper?" ”
The cat master sneered: "Hmph...... I went astray in the first place, Jack the Ripper, and I wasn't human at all. ”
Wang Xu looked very inexplicable: "What? No way? Even if you prove that a villain in a certain novel really exists, you can't put all the on people's heads, right? ”
Mao Ye said: "I knew you would say that, but you and I both ignore the same point, a very important point, that is, the existence of 'we'!" ”
Wang Xu's mind seemed to have a flash of inspiration, and he seemed to suddenly understand: "You mean...... Actually, we ......"
Mao Ye continued his words: "We are a part of history, an indispensable part!" That's why we're coming back here! Everything is not accidental, but an inevitability.
In history, Jack the Ripper's last murder was on November 9th, and since then he has disappeared, and I have never been able to figure out how the police could not catch him, and he did not look like he would change his mind, so what made this madman stop? Now I know that the people who stop him are us! ”
Wang Xu nodded and said thoughtfully: "We will be here...... Because we're ghost hunters......"
"After thinking about this layer, it suddenly dawned on me that the crossing of 'our' is of great significance, and it is very likely to be related to the case of Jack the Ripper, if Jack is a person, it may not be us who stopped him in 1888, because there will be many good detectives in the future who can complete this task. But if Jack isn't in charge of this guy and needs to be dealt with by ghost hunters, then our arrival can be well explained.
I didn't know until this morning that I wasn't changing history, I was correcting it, that without our crossing, Jack would have been killing all the time, and in order to put history on track, we had to stop him after the November 9th case! ”
Wang Xu asked, "Well, assuming that all your inferences are true, that there is a force in the underworld that brings us back to this point in time, and that we are here to complete the mission of hunting Jack, then how did you contact the unjust soul of Cone?" ”
Master Mao smiled: "It's a coincidence, I was originally at an impasse in the investigation of Jack's case, and then I wanted to do something else." Sometimes a change of focus can also help me think, so I took a magazine out and read it, and I happened to read that novel.
Two things flashed before my eyes, first Jack's letter, the letter with the kidney, which he claimed to be 'from hell', and the other thing, which was that the people he targeted were all prostitutes. If we look at it in the simplest logic, these two situations show a very clear answer, 'from hell' means that he is not a human being, but only kills prostitutes because he hates them. ”
Wang Xu raised his eyebrows: "Oh, when you combine the two, you will find out that this is a ghost who hates women." ”
"Then I thought about the novel, and finally found that this guy fits these two characteristics very well, because he sees women as tools and playthings, but in the end he dies because of a plaything."
Wang Xu said: "But there may be many such unjust souls, not necessarily Cone Bo." ”
The cat master sighed: "Hehe...... Maybe we are all just pawns in the hands of God, there is already a force in the dark that decides everything, and it is not a coincidence that I flipped to that magazine, and the destined fate cannot be changed......"
Wang Xu asked, "What do you mean?" ”
"Hmph...... Carefully turn over the whole city with your own spiritual sense, and I think there are any ghosts other than this one, I think...... As early as a few months ago, when the barrier in the sky first appeared, there was a powerful force that we did not know about gradually eradicating all the 'supernatural' things.
This stage was left so that Jack the Ripper's show could be staged, and we were the ones responsible for the end...... Hehe, these guys are really thoughtful, the blood sacrifice must be staged, and it must be over, but this end of the work, they threw it to the two of us. ”
After hearing this, Wang Xu immediately said unhappily: "If you figure it out from the beginning, and use your spiritual sense at the beginning, you may be able to kill a lot of brain cells......
Mao Ye sighed: "At least I solved the problem at the last moment with reasoning. After going to Mr. Conan Doyle today to confirm my reasoning, I went out of my way to see the cone, and it really looked like what was described in the novel......
Wang Xu stood up and walked to his room: "Then, tomorrow we will go and skin this guy and send it to the West Heaven......